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Executive Order 12655 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12655—Establishment of an Emergency Board To Investigate a Railroad Labor Dispute

Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan
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Monday, November 7, 1988
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2 min read (342 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Ronald Reagan on 1988-11-07, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishment of an Emergency Board To Investigate a Railroad Labor Dispute." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ The dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (the "Act").
▪ Section 9A(e) of the Act provides that the President upon such a request, shall appoint an emergency board to investigate and report on the dispute.
▪ There is established, a board of three members to be appointed by the President to investigate this dispute.
▪ No member shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railroad employees or any carrier.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
342
2,107 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
12.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 12655, Ronald Reagan (Nov 7, 1988). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12655-establishment-emergency-board-investigate-railroad-labor-dispute.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation and Certain of Its Employees Represented by the Transportation Communications Union-Carmen Division A dispute exists between the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation and certain of its employees represented by the Transportation Communications Union-Carmen Division. The dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (the "Act"). A party empowered by the Act has requested that the President establish an emergency board pursuant to Section 9A of the Act (45 U.S.C. Section 159a). Section 9A(e) of the Act provides that the President upon such a request, shall appoint an emergency board to investigate and report on the dispute. Now, Therefore, by the authority vested in me by Section 9A of the Act, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Establishment of Board. There is established, a board of three members to be appointed by the President to investigate this dispute. No member shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of railroad employees or any carrier. The board shall perform its functions subject to the availability of funds. Sec. 2. Report. Within 30 days after creation of the board, the parties to the dispute shall submit to the board final offers for settlement of the dispute. Within 30 days after submission of final offers for settlement of the dispute, the board shall submit a report to the President setting forth its selection of the most reasonable offer. Sec. 3. Maintaining Conditions. As provided by Section 9A(h) of the Act, from the time a request to establish a board is made until 60 days after the board makes its report, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the parties in the conditions out of which the dispute arose. Sec. 4. Expiration. The board shall terminate upon the submission of the report provided for in Section 2 of this Order. RONALD REAGAN The White House, November 7, 1988. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:07 p.m., November 8, 1988]